“cargoes” is a form of
cargo
UK /ˈkɑːɡəʊ/ · US /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms cargos cargoes cargoing cargoed
- noun Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle. “The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.”
- noun (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.
- verb (transitive) To load with freight.
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun A village in Kingmoor parish, Carlisle, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3659).
- proper noun A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cargo (“load, burden”), from cargar (“to load”), from Late Latin carricō. Doublet of charge and carga. Displaced native Old English fearm.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.
Etymology [Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cargo”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details